Toy walking horse



Nov. 3, 1959 c, w. sMlTH 2,911,225

TOY WALKING HORSE Filed May 13, 1958 INVENTOR. CHH/FZ/E W 5/14/79 A 7" TQRNEKS 2,911,225 A 'TOY WALKING-HORSE Charlie 'WJSmith, Belmont, calir. Application May 13, 1958, Serial 735,038 I 2 Claims. erase -141 8 1) Y The present invention relates toy's generally, and in partieularto awalking horse "toy for 'a child.

* United States PatentO l atented Nov. 3, 1959 2 upper; end or the forward leg 16. Other arms 38 and 40 are secured to the upper end portions of the legs 14 and 18, respectively.

A 'bar 42 extends between the arms 34 and38 on the one side or the body 10, and another bar '44 extends between the 36 and 403 011 the other side of the body 10, the bar '42 having one end pivotally connected to the upper end of the bar 3 8 and having the other end pivotally Connected to the portion offthe arm 34 inwa'rdly of and adjacent the upper end thereof. The bar 44 is similarly connected at its one end to 'the upper An object of the present invention is m provide a toy a child can ride forwardly or 'backwardly ,"the itoy having the resernbla'rice of a poi-seam providing interest and exercise to the 'childwhen jriding' 'the sme.

Another object of the present inv'en'tionis to provide a toy walking horse which is of simple structure, one

"s'turdily constructed, and one economical to "manufacture andassemble. H a 7 These and other objects and advantages "of the present invention will be fully apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the annexed drawing, in which: I p Figure 1 is an ervatianai view erfthe toy walking horse of the present invention, a partial of the body thereof being broken away to show the walking mechanism. v v H v v 3 Figure -2 is a front elevational view "of theassembly showniinFigure 1, f j H Figure 3 is a view on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 33 of Figure 1, and

removed from the body, with portions shown invdotted lines.

Referring in greater detail to the drawing inf which like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, the toy walking horse of the present invention "comprises a body 10 formed to represent a horse or forward end of the body 10 to the rearward end of the body 10.- An inverted U-shaped support member 22 is positioned inwardly of the forward end of the support 20 and is transverse thereof with the bight 24 fixedly secured, as in Figure 3, to the under side of the support 20. The legs 26 and 28 of the support member 22 extend downwardly at outwardly diverging angles with respect to each other. The one leg 12 of the horse is pivotally connected by means of a rivet 30 to the support member leg 26 and theopposite forward leg 16 of the horse is likewise pivotally connected by a similar rivet 30 to the support member leg 28. Another inverted U-shaped support member 32 is spaced inwardly of the end of the arm 40 and at its other end to theportion of the arm 36 inwardly of and adjacent the upper end of the latter. r

Hand 'actuable'fneans is provided by the present invention operativelyfconnecting the upper ends of eaeh of the arms 34 and 36 to hand grip "means 'foreifecting the rocking movements offthe legs 12 and 14 forwardly and backwardly, as 'a. unit, and rocking movements of the leg's l'6 and 18 forwardly and backwardly, also as a unit. Specifically, this hand actuable' means consists in a firstle'ver 46 pivotally connected under and rearwardly of the nose portion 48 of the horse body for swinging movement about a horizontal axis. The lever 46 is seen best in Figure l, to -be1c'onnected to. one leg" of a U -'shaped bracket 5 0 whichis carried on the upper end portion of a Z-shaped extension bar 52 which has its lower end portion fixedly secured to the mid-portion of the support 20 intermediate the side edges thereof. I A second lever 54 arranged in side by side spaced relation with respect to the lever 46 is pivotally connected to the other upstanding leg of the bracket 50 for swinging or pivotal movement about the same axis.

A'link 'bar 56 extends between the upper end of the lever 46 and the upper end of the arm 34 and is pivotally connected to the lever 46 and the arm '34. A similar H link .bar 58 is similarly disposed between the upper end of "the lever'5'4 and the 36, md is also rpivotally by a child when seated in the saddle portion 62 of the-{ body 10. An identical actuating bar or member 64 has its lower end pivotally connected to the lower end of the lever 54 and extends on the other side of the body 10 in more or less parallel spaced relation with: respect to the member 60. V t

The handles or'hand grip means are identical and are shown in Figure l infull lines, and in dotted lines in Figure 4, and designated generally by the'reference numeral 66. A stirrup bar' 68 projects-from each side of the body 10 substantially beneath and forwardly of the saddle portion 62 and is securedto the support 20'. Each stirrup bar 68 is adapted for resting thereon the rearward end of the support 20 and extends transversely r positioned adjacent the'upper end of the leg 12 and has its lower-end fixedly secured by'rivets, or other conventional means, to the upper end of the leg 12. An-

other arm 36 is similarly positioned and secured to the instep or foot of the child seated in the saddle portion 62 of the body 10.

A pair of stops 70 and 72 extend transversely of a brace 74 for limiting the swinging movements of the legs 12 and 16. The brace 74 has one end secured to the bar 52 and the other end secured to the support 20.

In use, a child may be seated'upon the saddle portion '62 and by rocking sideways on the horse, lift the legs on one side of the body 10 alternatingly into and out of engagement with the ground surface and when the legs ,on one side of the body 10 are free of the ground surface the member 60 or 66 is pulled to effect the forward movement of the legs on that side of the body 10. Upon rocking to the other side of the body the weight of the gbody 10 and the child is supported upon those legs which have been pulled forwardly and with a-forward movement of the body the body 10 and child shift forwardly on those legs, at the same time rocking to be supported upon those legs, and at the same time pulling the other of the hand grip means to efiect the swinging forward movement of the other legs on the other side of the body 10. By repeatedly rocking from side to side and alternatingly pulling on the respective handles or hand grip'means the horse of the present invention is caused to walk forwardly, carrying the child therealong. Reverse movement of the animal may be effected by pushing on the members 60 and 64 alternatingly when the body 10is rocked from one side to the other.

What isclaimed is:

1. A toy animal comprising a body having a forward end and a rearward end formed as a representation of an animal and including a pair of legs arranged along each side of said body, a horizontally disposed support between said pairs of legs and extending from the forward end to the rearward end of said body and fixedly supported on said body, an inverted U-shaped support member positioned transversely of said supportinwardly of and adjacent the forward and rearward ends' of said support and having the bight fixedly secured to said support, the upper end of each leg of said pairs of legs being connected to the adjacent leg of said support memher for rocking movement about a horizontal axis, an arm arranged in an upright direction positionedadjacent the upper end of each leg and having the lower end fixedly secured to the upper end of said leg, a bar extending between the arms on each side of said body and having one end pivotally connected to the upper end of one of the arms on each side of said body and having the other end pivotally connected to the portion of the other of the arms on the same side of said body adjacent the upper end, and a hand actuable means operatively connected to the upper end of each of said other arms and.

each of saidsides for effecting the rocking movements of said legs.

2. A toy animal comprising a body having a forward end and a rearward end formed as a representation of an animal and including a pair of legs arranged along each sideof said body, a horizontally disposed support between said pairs of legsand extending from the forward end to the rearward end of said body and fixedly supported on said body, an inverted U-shaped support member positioned transversely of said support inwardly of and adjacent the forward and rearward ends of said support and having the bight fixedly secured to said support, the upper end of each leg of said pairs of legs being connected to the adjacent leg of said support member for rocking movement about a horizontal axis, an arm; arranged in an upright direction positioned adjacent the upper end of each leg and having the lower end fixedly secured to the .upper endof said leg, a bar extending between the arms on each side of said body and having one end pivotally connected to the upper end of the arms on each side of said body and havingthe other end pivotally connected to the portion of the other of the arms on the same side of said body adjacent the upper end, and a hand actuable means operatively connected to the upper end of each of said other arms on each of said sides for effecting the rocking movements of said legs, each of said means including a lever pivotally connected intermediate its ends to said body, a link bar having one end pivotally connected to one end of said lever and having the other end pivotally connected to the upper end of said other arm, an actuating member having one end pivotally connected to the other end of .said lever, and hand grip means on the other end of said actuating member.

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